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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Khartoum on February 9, 2023. AFP
Politics

Will Russia switch sides in Sudan's civil war?

On 27 April 2024, a senior Russian official visited Sudan for the first time since the outbreak of civil war in the country. The opposing forces are…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 14 June , 2024
Vast stretches of farmland are either burned or toxic due to Israel's shelling, with damage to date estimated at $2.5bn, but high levels of a banned substance are by far the most chilling. Axel Rangel Garcia_AFP
Business & Economy

Toxic warfare: How Israel's war on southern Lebanon is poisoning the land

The Lebanese love their food, as does much of the world. In a land of flavours and aromas, influences and infusions, the cuisine picks up elements of…

Salwa Baalbaki 14 June , 2024
Opinion

Biden's ceasefire plan for Gaza falls flat ahead of G7 summit

The United Nations Security Council may have backed the Biden administration’s ceasefire plan for Gaza, but the results of US Secretary of State…

Con Coughlin 13 June , 2024
Biden's faltering Gaza ceasefire plan
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Biden's faltering Gaza ceasefire plan

Fares Garabet 13 June , 2024
Lokman Slim's memorial service a week after his assassination Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

Meet the researchers helping rewrite Lebanon's Shiite history

Hezbollah's rise to power in Lebanon in the 1980s was accompanied by a clampdown on dissent. Groups who had different readings and views on the…

Shadi Alaa Aldin 13 June , 2024
Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, plays by the same far-right populist playbook, criticising a shadowy “elite” and “useless, parasitic” politicians who he describes as “rats”. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Latin America’s far-right surge: A chip off the not-so-old block

It began with Jair Bolsonaro’s election victory in Brazil in 2018, followed by Nayib Bukele’s success in El Salvador in 2019, and Javier Milei’s…

Paul Achkar 13 June , 2024
Speaking to Al Majalla, former CENTCOM commander Joseph Votel reflects on the region’s most recent turbulence, including the first-ever direct military confrontation between Israel and Iran. Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Joseph Votel: A US-Saudi defence pact is mutually vital

General Joseph Votel is well-acquainted with the Middle East. During his four decades of service in the US Army, including his time commanding the US…

Ibrahim Hamidi 13 June , 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, in Israel, on Monday, June 10, 2024 AP
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive: Hamas amendments to Biden's plan include lifting Gaza siege and Chinese-Russian-Turkish guarantees

Hamas has presented a new version of the US-backed ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which includes significant amendments, according to a copy of the…

Ibrahim Hamidi 12 June , 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during a meeting in Moscow, Russia June 11, 2024. Mikhail Metzel/Reuters
Politics

Snub or strategy? Turkey toys with the idea of joining BRICS

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is in Russia this week, holding bilateral meetings in Moscow and attending the BRICS+ session on the margins of…

Omer Onhon 12 June , 2024

D-Day commemorations, European Parliament elections, and Eid al-Adha

June, 2024
LOIC VENANCE / AFP
LOIC VENANCE / AFP

Parachutists perform as they descend to Utah Beach on June 6, 2024, as part of the "D - Day" commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy.

REUTERS/Vincent West
REUTERS/Vincent West

Protesters lay on the ground outside Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art to mimic casualties in Gaza during a protest against Israel's war on Gaza organised by the Gernika-Palestina collective from the Basque region of Spain.

REUTERS/Hannah McKay
REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Romy, 8, and Jude, 2, play at a polling station during the European Parliament election, in Le Touquet, France, June 9, 2024.

REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A vendor carries a goat at a livestock market ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice, Eid al Adha, in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, June 10, 2024.

Nasir Kachroo/Getty
Nasir Kachroo/Getty

An elderly Kashmiri man tends to his crops on June 10, 2024. Lush green paddy fields are rapidly disappearing and being replaced by unabated and haphazard concrete construction, threatening a vital food source for Kashmiris.

Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP

Members of the Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) rehearse on the stage in Nairobi on June 7, 2024, before the opening night of the musical "Cats", the world's longest-running musical, which first opened in London in 1981.

Ding Xiaochun/Getty
Ding Xiaochun/Getty

Herdsmen transfer livestock to summer pastures on June 10, 2024, in Fuhai County, Altay Prefecture, in the Xinjiang province of China.

REUTERS/Manon Cruz
REUTERS/Manon Cruz

Italy's Lorenzo Simonelli at the start of the men's 110m hurdles of the European Athletics Championships at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy, on June 8, 2024.

REUTERS/Florence Lo
REUTERS/Florence Lo

A humanoid robot stands at the office of developer Ex-Robots in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, June 6, 2024.

AFP
AFP

Saudi security forces take part in a military parade on June 10, 2024, as pilgrims arrive for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca.

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Politics

Houthis seek expansion after reaching Bab al-Mandab

17, Sep 2026

After rapid advances, the Yemeni rebel group is fortifying its positions along the vital maritime chokepoint, while intensifying pressure in southwestern Taiz, northern Lahj, and Marib

Ibrahim Jalal
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Backlash over Macklemore ban shows major US culture shift

16, Sep 2026

The American rapper's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour over his 'Free Palestine' speech and the British singer's meek rebuttal sparked an uproar on social media

Samer Abou Hawwach
Axel Rangel García
Politics

Francesca Albanese: the Palestine question is a global one

16, Sep 2026

In an interview with Al Majalla, the UN Special Rapporteur says the backlash against her for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza reveals much about the current international order

Elie Kossaifi
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

AI data centres: the costliest infrastructure race in history?

17, Sep 2026

Investment could reach $50tn by 2050, but electricity, semiconductors and data laws will determine where the factories of the new economy are built

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, on 13 September 2026. REUTERS
Politics

Only China, India, and Russia can end the Iran war

15, Sep 2026

Washington needs its rivals to create peace on its behalf

Amir Handjani

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